31.   Blue-chip stocks drifted lower on Wall Street Wednesday as traders awaited word from a monetary policy meeting of the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee.

32.   Blue-chip stocks drifted higher Tuesday in quiet trading as investors remained on the sidelines awaiting more data on the direction of the US economy.

33.   Stocks drifted slightly higher in early trading Tuesday on Wall Street as investors digested corporate quarterly earnings reports and US economic data.